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''' | [[Image:Monkey.JPG|frame|A monkey swinging in a tree, the image for consciousness in the [[Wheel of Life]]]] | ||
The '''eight consciousnesses''', or more literally, '''eight collections of consciousness''' (Skt. ''aṣṭavijñānakāya''; Tib. [[རྣམ་ཤེས་ཚོགས་བརྒྱད་]], ''namshé tsok gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''rnam shes tshogs brgyad'') are mentioned in the writings of the [[Mind Only]] school. | |||
To the [[six consciousnesses]] mentioned in the [[Abhidharma]] texts of the [[basic vehicle]] are added | {{:Six consciousnesses}} | ||
==The seventh and eighth consciousness== | |||
To the [[six consciousnesses]] mentioned in the [[Abhidharma]] texts of the [[basic vehicle]] are added: | |||
:7. [[Defiled mental consciousness]] or emotional consciousness and | |||
:8. [[All-ground consciousness]]. | |||
===Transformation into Five Wisdoms=== | ===Transformation into Five Wisdoms=== | ||
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*Mental consciousness transforms into the [[wisdom of discernment]]. | *Mental consciousness transforms into the [[wisdom of discernment]]. | ||
*Five sense consciousnesses transform into the [[all-accomplishing wisdom]]. | *Five sense consciousnesses transform into the [[all-accomplishing wisdom]]. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*Eight avenues of consciousness ([[LCN]]) | |||
==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | |||
===Edited Teachings=== | |||
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], 'The Eight Consciousnesses', Rigpalink December 2003, 6 November 2003, Zurich (available in English, French and German, ordernumber 361) | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*''A Treasury of Dharma'', aka ''The Mengak Study Pack'' (Lodève: The Tertön Sogyal Trust, 2005), pages 90-92 & CD2, tracks 4-6. | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Chittamatra]] | [[Category:Chittamatra]] | ||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:34, 10 July 2018
The eight consciousnesses, or more literally, eight collections of consciousness (Skt. aṣṭavijñānakāya; Tib. རྣམ་ཤེས་ཚོགས་བརྒྱད་, namshé tsok gyé, Wyl. rnam shes tshogs brgyad) are mentioned in the writings of the Mind Only school.
The six consciousnesses
- Visual (or eye) consciousness (Skt. cakṣur-vijñana; Tib. མིག་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས་, Wyl. mig gi rnam shes)
- Auditory (or ear) consciousness (Skt. śrotra-vijñana; Tib. རྣ་བའི་རྣམ་ཤེས་,Wyl. rna ba'i rnam shes)
- Olfactory (or nose) consciousness (Skt. ghrāṇa-vijñana; Tib. སྣའི་རྣམ་ཤེས་, Wyl. sna'i rnam shes)
- Gustatory (or tongue) consciousness (Skt. jihva-vijñana; Tib. ལྕེའི་རྣམ་ཤེས་, Wyl. lce'i rnam shes)
- Tactile (or body) consciousness (Skt. kāya-vijñana; Tib. ལུས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་ཤེས་, Wyl. lus kyi rnam shes)
- Mental (or mind) consciousness (Skt. mano-vijñana; Tib. ཡིད་ཀྱི་རྣམ་ཤེས་, Wyl. yid kyi rnam shes)
The seventh and eighth consciousness
To the six consciousnesses mentioned in the Abhidharma texts of the basic vehicle are added:
- 7. Defiled mental consciousness or emotional consciousness and
- 8. All-ground consciousness.
Transformation into Five Wisdoms
According to Mipham Rinpoche, the eight consciousnesses transform into the five wisdoms in the following way:
- Alaya transforms into the wisdom of dharmadhatu.
- Alaya consciousness transforms into mirror-like wisdom.
- Emotional consciousness transforms into wisdom of equality.
- Mental consciousness transforms into the wisdom of discernment.
- Five sense consciousnesses transform into the all-accomplishing wisdom.
Alternative Translations
- Eight avenues of consciousness (LCN)
Oral Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
Edited Teachings
- Sogyal Rinpoche, 'The Eight Consciousnesses', Rigpalink December 2003, 6 November 2003, Zurich (available in English, French and German, ordernumber 361)
Further Reading
- A Treasury of Dharma, aka The Mengak Study Pack (Lodève: The Tertön Sogyal Trust, 2005), pages 90-92 & CD2, tracks 4-6.